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PostSubject: The ridiculous: Sony fined $377k in UK over PlayStation cyber attack   The ridiculous: Sony fined $377k in UK over PlayStation cyber attack Icon_minitimeThu Jan 24, 2013 10:06 pm

British regulators have fined Sony 250,000 pounds ($377,017) for failing to prevent a 2011 cyberattack on its PlayStation Network which put millions of users' personal information — including names, addresses, birth dates and account passwords — at risk.

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Britain's Information Commissioner's Office said on Thursday that security measures in place at the time "were simply not good enough". It said the attack could have been prevented if software had been up to date, while passwords were also not secure.

David Smith, deputy commissioner and director of data protection, acknowledged that the fine for a "serious breach of the Data Protection Act" was "clearly substantial" but said that the office makes "no apologies" for that.

"There's no disguising that this is a business that should have known better," he said in a statement. "It is a company that trades on its technical expertise, and there's no doubt in my mind that they had access to both the technical knowledge and the resources to keep this information safe."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/sony-fined-377k-in-uk-over-playstation-cyber-attack-20130125-2dan8.html#ixzz2Ix8tfZa5
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